Siwan Rhys
pianist
Upcoming concerts
1 August 2026 - Bold Tendencies Euphoria
GBSR Duo: Ray Lynch & Charles Ives
Charles Ives Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860" and Ray Lynch Deep Breakfast
Bold Tendencies, London
28 August 2026 - Edinburgh International Festival
Steve Reich - In All Your Ways [world premiere]
with Colin Currie Group
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
2 September 2026 - BBC Proms
with Colin Currie Group
Royal Albert Hall, London
5 September 2026 - Music in the Round
Sounds of Now: Feldman & Harrison
Bryn Harrison Seven Litanies and Five Transfigurations [world premiere]
Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
17 September 2026 - ULTIMA festival
with Explore Ensemble and Beatrice Dillon
MUNCH, Oslo
19 September 2026
with Colin Currie Group
Concertgebouw Amsterdam
20 September 2026
with Colin Currie Group
Philharmonie Luxembourg
26 September 2026 - Kings Place Artist-in-Residence
Sarah Davachi - Turn Portrait [world premiere]
Kings Place, London
Recent concerts
22 June 2026
Tyshawn Sorey - Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)
with GBSR Duo, BBC Singers, Davóne Tines, Ruth Gibson and Tyshawn Sorey
St Giles' Cripplegate, Barbican
12 + 13 June 2026 - Bold Tendencies Euphoria
Oliver Leith - Garland
Bold Tendencies, London
28 May 2026 - Music We'd Like to Hear
Eldritch Priest - pleasure drenching...
with Apartment House
St Mary-at-Hill, London
23 May 2026 - Hay Festival
Morton Feldman - Crippled Symmetry
with GBSR Duo and Taylor MacLennan (flutes)
St Mary's Church, Hay-on-Wye
8 May 2026 - Kings Place Artist-in-Residence
Beatrice Dillon world premiere
Kings Place, London
3 May 2026 - Tectonics festival
Oliver Leith - good day good day bad day bad day
with GBSR Duo
Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow
2 May 2026 - Tectonics festival
Laura Bowler - Things Are Against Us [UK premiere]
with GBSR Duo, Laura Bowler, and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov
Grand Hall, Glasgow City Halls
22-29 April 2026 - Chamber Orchestra of Europe tour
Bartók - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
with Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Sir Simon Rattle
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, 26 April
Alte Oper Frankfurt, 28 April
Teatro Manzoni Bologna, 29 April
17 April 2026
Colin Currie Group Performs the Music of the Steve Martland Band
Kings Place, London
12 April 2026 - Rewire Festival
Beatrice Dillon & Explore Ensemble
Rewire Festival, The Hague
21 March 2026 - Eavesdropping festival
Solo set - Tara Creme [WP], Lara Agar [WP], Ustvolskaya, Barbara Monk Feldman
Cafe Oto, London
28 February 2026
Tōru Takemitsu: Between Sound and Silence
with London Sinfonietta
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre London
11 February 2026
Tōru Takemitsu: Between Sound and Silence
with London Sinfonietta
Portsmouth Guildhall
7 February 2026
Laura Bowler - Deconstructing Pierrot
with Red Note Ensemble
Perth Theatre
31 January 2026 - Stockhausen vs Aphex Twin (Double Bill)
with GBSR Duo
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre London
31 January 2026 - Stockhausen vs Aphex Twin (Double Bill)
After Dark: GBSR Duo performs Aphex Twin
with GBSR Duo, Sam Wilson (percussion) and Joseph Havlat (piano)
Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer, Southbank Centre London
18 January 2026 - Kings Place Artist-in-Residence
with GBSR Duo and Taylor MacLennan (flutes)
Kings Place, London
5 December 2025 - 3 January 2026
Oliver Leith/Matt Copson - Last Days
Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre
26 November 2025 - Barbican Arvo Pärt at 90
12 Ensemble / GBSR Duo x Koreless: Pärt Refracted
LSO St Luke's, London
23 November 2025 - Rainy Days festival
Catherine Lamb - dying your dying to come closer
with Explore Ensemble and EXAUDI
Salle de Musique de Chambre, Philharmonie Luxembourg
21 November 2025 - Rainy Days festival
'Michael Parsons, Siwan Rhys - Space-Time Pianos'
solo and duo piano works by and with Michael Parsons
Salle de Musique de Chambre, Philharmonie Luxembourg
9 November 2025
Laura Bowler - Things are against us [world premiere]
with Laura Bowler, GBSR Duo, and Basel Sinfonietta/Jamie Phillips
Stadtcasino Basel
4 November 2025
Michael Parsons and Siwan Rhys: Space/Time Pianos
solo and duo piano works by and with Michael Parsons
City St George's University Performance Space, London
26 October 2025 - Sound Festival Aberdeen
James Weeks - Blue Hours [world premiere]
with GBSR Duo
Phoenix Centre, Newton Dee
26 October 2025 - Sound Festival Aberdeen
Dave Maric - Silent Architects [world premiere]
with GBSR Duo
The Barn, Banchory
27 September 2025
Oliver Leith - Doom and the Dooms
with GBSR Duo, Sean Shibe, and 12 Ensemble
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre London
18 & 19 September 2025 - Bold Tendencies, Déja Vu
Oliver Leith - Garland [world premiere]
with GBSR Duo, EXAUDI, 12 Ensemble, Patricia Auchterlonie, Naomi Woo, Jack Sheen
Bold Tendencies, London
5 September 2025 - Bold Tendencies, Déja Vu
Wendy Carlos - Back to Bach/Moog SoundLab UK
with James McVinnie Ensemble
Bold Tendencies, London
1 August 2025, 16:00 & 17:30 - Darmstadt Festival
Aaron Holloway-Nahum - Dig It! (world premiere)
with GBSR Duo & Dejan Mrdja
Bessunger Knabenschule, Darmstadt
30 July 2025, 15:30 & 17:00 - Darmstadt Festival
with GBSR Duo
Bessunger Knabenschule, Darmstadt
29 July 2025 - Darmstadt Festival
Angharad Davies - Empty Spaces II + Stockhausen KONTAKTE
with GBSR Duo
Lichtenbergschule, Darmstadt
5-10 July 2025 - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
Oliver Leith/Ted Huffman - The Story of Billy Budd, Sailor (world premiere)
with GBSR Duo
Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Aix en Provence
20 June 2025
with Riot Ensemble
Royal Academy of Music, London
8 June 2025
music by Okkyung Lee, Lawrence Dunn, Sasha Scott, and film by Rebecca Salvadori
Cafe Oto, London
4 June 2025
SPARC Symposium concert: GBSR Duo
music by Claudia Molitor, Aaron Einbond, and Angharad Davies
City University Performance Space, London
16 May 2025 - Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Sean Shibe with 12 Ensemble & GBSR Duo
music by Dowland, Sasha Scott, Tim Parkinson, John White, and Oliver Leith
St Peter Mancroft, Norwich
14 May 2025
with London Symphony Orchestra/Gustavo Dudamel
Barbican Hall, London
12 May 2025
with London Symphony Orchestra/Gustavo Dudamel
Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid
10 May 2025
with London Symphony Orchestra/Gustavo Dudamel
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
8 May 2025
opensound: writing for prepared piano with Siwan Rhys
free online workshop open to composers of all levels, hosted by Sound Scotland
15-16 April 2025
Laurence Osborn - TOMB! and Me and 4 Ponys recording
Delphian Records
13 April 2025
with London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda
Barbican Hall, London
18 March 2025
Rhodri Davies - Amen for solo piano [70'] (world premiere)
part of Rhodri Davies four-day Cafe Oto residency
Cafe Oto, London
8 March 2025
BBC Radio 3 'Saturday Morning' live performance
Sarah Frances Jenkins - I am out with Lanterns, Looking for Myself (world premiere)
Emahoy - Mother's Love
22 February 2025
world premieres by Alex Tay, Cassie Kinoshi, Joe Bates, and Linda Catlin Smith
Wigmore Hall, London
8 February 2025
all Angharad Davies programme with Angharad Davies
Arnolfini Arts, Bristol
15 January 2025
Pierre Boulez - Éclat pour quinze instruments
with London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle
Philharmonie Luxembourg
13 January 2025
Pierre Boulez - Éclat pour quinze instruments
with London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle
Philharmonie de Paris
9 January 2025
Pierre Boulez - Éclat pour quinze instruments
with London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle
Barbican Hall, London
23 November 2024 - Rainy Days Festival
with Explore Ensemble & Okkyung Lee
Salle de Musique de Chambre, Philharmonie Luxembourg
17 November 2024 - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
with Explore Ensemble & Okkyung Lee
Town Hall, Huddersfield
16 November 2024 - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
new works by Lawrence Dunn and Julius Aglinskas
Bates Mill Blending Shed, Huddersfield
12 November 2024
music by the Hobbs/White duo, Tim Parkinson, and Angharad Davies
Cafe Oto, London
11 November 2024 - Iš ARTI festival
new works by Lawrence Dunn and Julius Aglinskas
Kaunas State Philharmonic, Kaunas
26 October 2024 - soundfestival
with Red Note Ensemble
The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
25 October 2024 - soundfestival
Laura Bowler - Deconstructing Pierrot (world premiere)
with Red Note Ensemble
The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
18 October 2024 - TRANSIT festival
Okkyung Lee - Signals (world premiere)
with Explore Ensemble & Okkyung Lee
STUK, Leuven
11 October 2024 - Muzikos Ruduo festival
'Hyphen' - Twenty Fingers Duo x GBSR Duo
World premieres by Lawrence Dunn and Julius Aglinskas
Sapieha Palace, Vilnius
1-10 October 2024
In Between Silence residency
with GBSR Duo & Twenty Fingers Duo
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius
10 August 2024
GBSR Duo: Music for a Summer Evening
music by George Crumb, Steve Martland, and Steve Reich
with GBSR Duo & Joseph Havlat and Sam Wilson
Bold Tendencies, London
29 July 2024 - Three Choirs Festival
music by Luke Lewis, Steve Martland, Joe Duddell (WP), Tippett
St Martin's Church, Worcester
28 July 2024 - Three Choirs Festival
music by Andriessen, Barbara Monk Feldman, Emahoy, Luke Lewis (WP), Lucio Tasca, Cassandra Miller, Steve Martland
College Hall, Worcester
7 July 2024 - Spitalfields Music Festival
with GBSR Duo and CHAINES
state51 Factory, London
6 July 2024 - Sound Within Sound festival
Siwan Rhys: Ustvolskaya Solo Piano Works
Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No.4, Piano Sonata No.5, Piano Sonata No.6
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre London
29 June 2024
James McVinnie Ensemble: American Minimalism
music by Gabriella Smith, Philip Glass, inti figgis-vizueta, and John Adams
with James McVinnie Ensemble
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre London
28 June 2024
Oliver Leith - good day good day bad day bad day
with GBSR Duo
Wigmore Hall, London
28 June 2024
Sean Shibe, GBSR Duo, & 12 Ensemble
music by Ligeti, Brian Eno/Harold Budd, Pratten, John White, and Oliver Leith (WP)
Wigmore Hall, London
18 May 2024 - Schlossmediale festival
Christian Mason - Hölderlin's Madness (Swiss premiere)
with Explore Ensemble, Thorwald Jørgensen (theremin), Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano), and SWR Experimentalstudio
Schloss Werdenberg, Switzerland
5 May 2024
BBC SO Total Immersion: Italian Radicals
music by Dallapiccola, Nono, Maderna, and Berio
with BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers
Barbican Hall, London
2 April 2024 - City University concert series
music by Emahoy Tsegué-Mariam Guèbru, Ben Nobuto, Laurence Crane, and Barbara Monk Feldman
City University Performance Space, London
14 March 2024
with London Symphony Orchestra
Barbican Hall, London
1 March 2024 - CrossCurrents Festival
music by Luigi Nono, Laurence Crane (world premiere), Ben Nobuto (world premiere), and Emahoy Tsegué-Mariam Guèbru
Elgar Concert Hall, Birmingham
22 February 2024
music by Sky Macklay, George Lewis, Katherine Balch, and Michel van der Aa
with London Sinfonietta
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre London
6 February 2024
with GBSR Duo and LA Phil New Music Group
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles